Sailing around the Cinque Terre

Vernazza, a town in the Cinque Terre

One such foray took us into Vernazza, which is probably the most
charming of the five villages and is therefore overrun by visitors
from March to October. But sitting outside the Gambero Rosso
restaurant, overlooking the tiny harbour and the crazily folded,
stratified cliffs that flank it, with a glass of slightly sparkling
Vermentino wine and a plate of seafood risotto spiced with curry
(unorthodox, but it kind of works) is a delight. Especially with
the rescue boat in sight.

Since the Cinque Terre has no harbour facilities to speak of (in
Manarola and Riomaggiore the fishermen have to haul their boats up
into the main street), we headed beyond it to the west, to the
marina-equipped resort of Sestri Levante.